The Race for a Vaccine

Ardconnell, the scene of a riot in 1913 involving crowds seeking a small-pox vaccine.

With her usual eye for a good story, Marilyn Kenny begins her account of the various doctors who lived and practised medicine at Ardconnell in Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds with  riot among crowds outside the house seeking a vaccine.  

The pracise of medicine, and the implementation of public health measures over a period of decades, from this house, is a surprisingly rivetting story, and you can read the first part of this epic at the Time Travellers website, with more to follow.  The details of the riot itself will appear in Part 2 of the story, yet to be posted.  If you want to be sure you see the second part, subscribe to this Blog.